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Early one Sunday morning my son’s Boy Scout troop toured a small research facility in the middle of the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. As the presentation began, someone handed me a chunk of wood. Researchers sawed this simple round from a tree pulled out of a nearby bog. It was perfectly preserved, even… Read More
Miami-Dade County and its Resilient305 partners, the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, on Feb. 6, received over $39 million in funding from the Resilient Florida Grant Program. The grants, distributed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will go to support ongoing resilience project implementation in the county. Of the 75 grants awarded statewide,… Read More
Canada has announced a moratorium on deep-sea mining in both territorial and international waters on the last day of a global ocean conservation summit. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault made statements Thursday confirming Canada’s position on seabed mining at the IMPAC5 leadership forum in Vancouver. There… Read More
The Canadian government this month banned mining in its oceans — and that’s just fine by the Vancouver-based company that is on track to become the world’s first deep-sea miner. “That was no surprise to anyone. We are not interested in that,” said Gerard Barron, chief executive of The Metals Co., or TMC. “We are only… Read More
The sandstorm being waged between New Jersey environmental officials and a defiant shore town bolstering its dunes without state permission is intensifying. The state Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday that it has fined North Wildwood over $12 million for past construction actions along its beachfront, including the destruction of vegetated sand dunes and wetlands,… Read More
Based on a new analysis, Fairfax County staff are recommending against the proposed dredging of Lake Accotink. “The excessive cost combined with significant environmental impacts from deforestation and social impacts from large numbers of trucks, noise, visual impacts and potential impacts to recreation [led to the recommendation not to dredge],” said Charles Smith, Fairfax County… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port of Everett, has completed maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of the Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel. American Construction removed 193,000 cubic yards of material with a clamshell dredge. Source
A multibillion-dollar plan to heal South Florida’s damaged ecosystem is breaking new ground in western Palm Beach County, where Lake Okeechobee waters once trickled south to nourish the Everglades and feed freshwater to Florida Bay. The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, a massive holding tank for lake overflow, has been on a to-do list for more than 20… Read More
More than 4,000 feet of the heavily developed Charleston coastline are better protected from flooding thanks to an unlikely hero: smooth cordgrass. Smooth cordgrass, or Spartina alterniflora, is an essential ingredient to healthy salt marshes, which act as natural flood barriers, water filtration systems and nurseries for marine wildlife. “The oyster reef will help deposit sediment… Read More
In 2016, David Cottrell dropped a load of rocks on Washington State’s Washaway Beach to see if he could reverse the erosion—an effort that has caught the attention of engineers. David Cottrell stands on what used to be a four-meter-high cliff at the crumbled end of Blue Pacific Drive. Just a few years ago, this… Read More
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moda Midstream, LLC (Moda) and the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) today announced a partnership to create and preserve coastal wetlands. As an initial step, Moda has committed financial support to create the Moda Marsh & Wetlands Preserve at GBF’s to-be-built Gessner Center that will house GBF’s education center and headquarters in Kemah, Texas. The Moda Marsh &… Read More
Environmentalists celebrate in Laguna Beach – but not with balloons. The hilly coastal town known for stunning sea views and rolling cliffs is considering a plan to ban the sale and public use of balloons to reduce the risk of devastating wildfires and clean up a major source of rubbish that burns nearby of the… Read More
With funding from green bonds approved by Rhode Island voters, the Coastal Resources Management Council and TNC removed many tons of muck and plastic garbage from the bottom of the Providence River. The material will be beneficially reused to help build a new marine terminal to support the offshore wind industry. CRMC’s Dan Goulet provides… Read More
NEWBURYPORT — The Oyster Bay dredger is leaving the area after almost two months of little to no progress. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with H&L Contracting of New York to dredge 226,000 cubic yards of sand from the Newburyport and Salisbury sides of the Merrimack River. The dredged sand will… Read More